Sunrise Highway manhole cover replaced after morning snarl
A road hazard caused by a missing manhole cover on westbound Sunrise Highway in Massapequa has been temporarily repaired with a steel plate, police and officials said.
The state Department of Transportation reported the cover missing at 5:57 a.m. The hazard closed lanes and caused major morning rush-hour delays.
DOT spokeswoman Eileen Peters said crews bolted a 4-foot by 4-foot steel plate over the hazard and will replace the cover Friday.
It is unclear what happened to the manhole cover.
Traffic was back to normal by 11 a.m.
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